I can completely relate! I believe when we first “met,” I was about to move to Taiwan. Three years later, I’m still here. I visited the US for first time since leaving earlier this year a month before covid went rampant over there. Being “Anti-America” has been quite trendy within the past few years. Most of my fellow American friends here usually dread going home, but I was looking forward to my trip. I was missing a lot of very, specific yet random things at home. While I thoroughly enjoyed my time home, deep down I knew that I had zero interest moving back. I think the only way I’ll move back to is if 1. My parents are dying and/or 2. I get an amazing opportunity that would be foolish to pass.

I don’t know if Taiwan will be my home forever (I tell my parents that I travel internationally because I’m “home shopping”), though seeing how they handled this current pandemic, Taiwan’s stock is sky high right now. In a few years, I’ll qualify for permanent residency here. I think it’ll be nice to have a “home base” in Asia since I already have two bases in North America (I also have Jamaican citizenship via parents). All I know is that it would be extremely difficult to replicate my life in Taiwan in America, and for that reason I have zero plans of returning for good.